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Originally Posted by Bartruff1
I saw this car race in the Targa. It is responsible for my Cobra Lust. I could never afford it or any original Cobra, but thanks to Superformance, I get to pretend in one of their cars in Portofino Blue with a Red FIA nose bar. Back in 1964 the Italians had never heard a " huge" American V8 and everytime the mechanics would start one up they would wet themselves, Of course a Ferrari won, but you could hear that Cobra Song for miles before it came around and they just went nuts. I thought it was odd that all the Cobra's raced with their California licence plates ? I believe it was sold to Tombstone Johnston who raced it in the States.
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Great story about a great race car. I too, fell in love with the Cobra and its loud bellow as a little guy back in the sixties and built ERA 718 in '05/'06 after about forty years of lust. I still cannot get enough. Last year I built a scale replica of CSX 2323 and would build a full scale ERA FIA replica if space and cash permitted.
